Oxford Bodleian Library Rawlinson poet. 175: Difference between revisions

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Textual Content and Tradition
Standardised title of narrative	The Seven Sages of Rome
Incipit or textual title
Version (siglum)	A (Seven Sages)
└ Language Group within Version	Middle English Version A
└ Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version	Y Group
└ Further scholarly subgroup (1)	Northern English
└ Further scholarly subgroup (2)	Text R
Translated/adapted from (Version/Text)
Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition	Whitelock (2005)

Languages
Language of text	English
Regional or specific Language of text	Middle English
Source for regional or specific Language of text	Whitelock (2005)

Digitisation and Editions
Digitisation
Modern Editions	Whitelock, The Seven Sages of Rome (Midland Version) (2005)

Authorship and Production
Scribe
Author
Place of Manuscript Production	England
Date of Manuscript Production	1350/1400
Source of Date of Manuscript Production	Bodleian catalogue: (info from Bodleian catalogue: https://medieval.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/images/ms/aas/aas0336.gif and https://medieval.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/images/ms/aas/aas0337.gif ) (https://medieval.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/catalog/manuscript_8759)

Physical Description
Material	Parchment
Total pages/folios in Manuscript	136
Height	282.5
Width	203
Script style/form
Prose or verse	Verse
Illustrations	No

Contents and Additional Texts
Other texts in the Manuscript	"Religious and moral poems", including 'The Prick of Conscience' (ff. 1-55) (info from Bodleian catalogue: https://medieval.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/images/ms/aas/aas0336.gif and https://medieval.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/images/ms/aas/aas0337.gif )

Catalogues and Research Literature
Catalogue
Modern Research Literature	Brunner (1933), Campbell (1907), Whitelock (2005)

Pattern of embedded stories in this manuscript

Has Short Title	Has Sequence Number	Has Narrator	Has Name Variation
Arbor – The Tree	1	Empress
Canis – The Faithful Dog	2	Bancillas	Hancyllas
Aper – The Boar and the Fruit	3	Empress
Medicus – The Doctor	4	Anxilles	Ancilles
Gaza – The Treasure	5	Empress
Puteus – The Well	6	Lentulus	Lentilioun
Senescalcus – The Seneschal	7	Empress
Tentamina – The Test	8	Malquidras	Maladas
Virgilius – Virgil's Marvels	9	Empress
Avis – The Bird	10	Cato	Caton, Catoun
Sapientes – The Wise Men	11	Empress
Vidua – The Widow	12	Jesse
Roma – Rome Beseiged	13	Empress
Inclusa – The Imprisoned Wife	14	Maxencius	Marcius

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+|Has Name Variation=Caton, Catoun
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 |Has Narrator=Maxencius
+|Has Name Variation=Marcius
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 |Has Sequence Number=15
 |Has Narrator=Prince
+|Has Name Variation=Florentine
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